Abstract: Media manipulation is one of the most important issues in contemporary societies. According to Van Dijk media manipulation is simultaneously a social, a cognitive, and a discursive phenomenon. This article comments on the various characteristics of media manipulation in Bulgarian political discourse.
Keywords: media manipulation, cognition, domination, discourse, politics.
Rhetoric and Communications E-journal, Issue 13, July 2012, rhetoric.bg/, ISSN 1314-4464